From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Louisville's Colored Orphan's Home

(start date: 1877 - end date: 1908)

Prior to the formation of the Kentucky Home Society for Colored Children, African American churches established and supported another orphanage in Louisville, KY: Louisville's Colored Orphan's Home was located at the Taylor Barracks on Third and Oak Streets. The home was moved to Eighteenth and Dumesnil Streets in 1878, continuing operations solely with the support of the African American community until 1908.

For more see "Colored Orphans' Home" in The Encyclopedia of Louisville. See also the entry Kentucky Home Society for Colored Children.

Subject

Orphans and Orphanages in Kentucky

External Digital Object Link

See 1897 photograph of children and Colored Orphan's Home from Weeden's History of the Colored people of Louisville, at NYPL Digital Gallery.

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Item Relations

Cited in this Entry

NKAA Source: Encyclopedia of Louisville

NKAA Entry: Kentucky Home Society for Colored Children (Louisville, KY)

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NKAA Entry: Wilkerson, Artishia Garcia Gilbert

NKAA Entry: Adoption of African American Children in Kentucky, 1870-1950s

Cite This NKAA Entry:

“Louisville's Colored Orphan's Home,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 4, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/index.php/items/show/1816.

Last modified: 2023-10-23 20:57:15